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Re: Why not contribute? (to GCC)
On 23 April 2010 21:52, Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 14:10, Richard Kenner
> <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote:
>> I've happened to be looking at a number of other free-software projects
>> recently (having nothing to do with compilers) and find the quality of the
>> code ABSOLUTELY APALLING. ?The formatting is random and very hard to read.
>> There are almost no comments. ?There are few, if any, indications of what
>> each function is supposed to do. ?And many of these projects have no
>> documentation AT ALL except for some small FAQs or Wikis.
>
> Funny. I've always felt the same way about gcc and most GNU codebases...
>
> In fact, I've always felt the same way about the vast majority of
> codebases that aren't my own :-D
Maybe contributing will teach you some team skills and style-tolerance? ;-)
I felt a bit silly writing in GNU style at the beginning, but you get
used to it because it is consistent. Now I can switch more easily
between different styles and I don't feel the urge to rewrite
everything in my style. I guess is like learning different languages.
Cheers,
Manuel.